PSIA hosts Happy Hour featuring PKOC at ISC West
On Wednesday, April 10, 2024 at 3:30 PM, the Physical Security Interoperability Alliance (PSIA) will host a Happy Hour at Booth # 22067 (SAFR Scan), highlighting its Public Key Open Credential (PKOC) specification.
PKOC is a very exciting initiative, providing a free, interoperable mobile credential, which is likely to usher in a new era in the security market. In addition, PKOC over OSDP, a new specification, will be demonstrated at ISC West.
PSIA has a broad group of vendors which will be showing products relying on the organization’s open standards. Johnson Controls will feature twelve companies demonstrating PKOC-enabled products at its stand (Booth 18033) during the show. Attendees will be able to download an app from a number of companies and enroll at the JCI stand. This will allow them to use mobile credentials and physical cards to interact with readers and biometric systems featuring PKOC.
David Bunzel, PSIA Executive Director, noted, “There has been considerable interest in PKOC among vendors and end users in the market. Having a standards-based credential which is essentially free, vendor agnostic, and interoperable across multiple devices and systems, will provide significant benefits to the access control market.”
PKOC creates truly secure and interoperable identity-based credentials. “PKOC solves a 30-year industry challenge which has plagued our industry with complexity, cost, and security issues.” says Jason Ouellette, Chairman of the Board, Physical Security Interoperability Alliance and Director of Engineering and Technology for Johnson Controls Security Products. “Interest in PKOC has accelerated and we are excited as PSIA members to demonstrate this in the context of interoperability across multiple physical access control systems, readers, and biometric devices.”
Security industry professionals attending ISC West will be able to find out more about PKOC at the PSIA Happy Hour which will be held from:
3:30 to 4:30 PM on April 10 at the SAFR Scan Booth # 22067
